- LONG Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
long, yearn, hanker, pine, hunger, thirst mean to have a strong desire for something long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire
- LONG | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
LONG definition: 1 continuing for a large amount of time: 2 being a distance between two points that is more than… Learn more
- long adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of long adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary measuring or covering a great length or distance, or a greater length or distance than usual She had long dark hair He walked down the long corridor It was the world's longest bridge We're a long way from anywhere here It's a long way away He had long, thin fingers
- Long - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
The adjective long describes something that stretches over a large distance If you're trying to avoid a prolonged visit with your crazy Aunt Martha, you might decide to take the long way to her house The adjective long also describes something that lasts for an extended amount of time
- LONG definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
If you describe a period of time or work as long, you mean it lasts for more hours or days than is usual, or seems to last for more time than it actually does
- Long - definition of long by The Free Dictionary
Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several: the long edge of the door 2 Of relatively great duration: a long time 3 Of a specified linear extent or duration: a mile long; an hour long 4 Made up of many members or items: a long shopping list 5 a Extending beyond an average or standard: a long game b
- long - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
having considerable or greater than usual measurement in length or distance: a long table; a long way to travel lasting a considerable length of time: a long story; a long trip extending, lasting, measuring, or totaling a number of specified units:[after a noun] The river was eight miles long containing many items: a long list
- long, adj. ¹ n. ¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
Measuring a great distance from end to end; extensive in length Of a line, distance, journey, etc Long, lengthy, esp excessively or tediously so; lasting or taking a long time Long in measurement or extent Now rare The quality or fact of being long; opposed to shortness †of length: long Long in extent or duration; = prolix, adj 1, 3
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